Thesaurus results for FRONTING

fronting

verb

present participle of front

as in facing

to stand or sit with the face or front toward the apartment complex fronts the ocean

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Recent Examples of fronting While fronting the May 2026 issue of Vogue Brazil, Zendaya once more showed her love for her Coleman crew. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 31 July 2026 Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter best known for fronting the Frames and the Swell Season as well as co-starring in the 2007 musical drama Once, has died, according to his management. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026 Life in the 2020s is about putting performance above purity, optics over essence, fronting ahead of vulnerability. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026 Both shows are hosted by influencers, with Charles Brockman III fronting Substitute Teacher and Laro Benz doing House Rules. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 July 2026 Despite having retired from soccer years ago, David Beckham has noticeably been one of the most visible faces of this World Cup, fronting numerous commercials. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 July 2026 This includes figuring out the method of how payment will happen, as well as a timeline for when the person fronting the cost can expect to be repaid. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 7 July 2026 It's located in Ansley Mall fronting the Northeast Beltline Trail. — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 26 June 2026 Following his release in 1962, rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins took him under his wing, and soon, Clayton-Thomas was fronting his own bands. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

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Jacobs practiced all offseason, but his status remains one of 10 big questions facing Green Bay.

— Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Despite acknowledging mistakes were made, FIFA is still facing a barrage of obstacles that are preventing it and Infantino from moving on from the saga.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

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The highest number of cases have been reported in Congo's eastern Ituri province, bordering Uganda.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
But in Russian regions bordering Ukraine, which started to face Kyiv’s retaliatory strikes earlier than the rest of the country, support for the war is even higher.

— Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026

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